This Week's Billboard Top 12, Part II by GersonA

Champion(s):

minarik15


Runner(s)-Up:

DoyleE
Oscar Wilde said, "One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead." I should've been the one to get to say that.


Quiz Description

Back by popular demand! This will be similar to my original quiz - a quiz based around this week's top 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. This might play a little harder than the original, but still, you should do pretty well if you have a good knowledge of current music. Enjoy!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 16 47 08 08 16 70 16 62 62 47 24 16
1 minarik15 384 96 15
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2 DoyleE 361 88 15
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3 AlexanderD 352 80 15
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4 MarcotteM 322 73 15
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5 Goldenboy 300 65 15
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6 PatschakB 239 57 15
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7 WellsW 238 50 15
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8 DangerussW 207 42 15
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9 awkward-penguin 193 30 00
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9 VenguswamyK 193 30 15
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11 jefe 192 19 15
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12 HessJa 162 11 00
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13 LanceJ 137 3 15
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Questions:

What current chart-topper features Afrobeat artist Wizkid, and, perhaps more notably, samples a song from UK artists Crazy Cousinz and Kyla?

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One Dance

In 2016 so far, two songs have debuted at number one on the Hot 100. The first was Zayn's "Pillowtalk." What was the second(!), which debuted at number one the week of May 28?

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Can't Stop the Feeling!

The featured artist on this week's number 3, Don't Let Me Down, is Grace Martine Tandon, also known as Daya. What DJ duo, consisting of members Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, is the main artist on the song? They are best known for their 2014 novelty hit #Selfie.

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The Chainsmokers

Speaking of stage names, what is the stage name of Brooklyn-based rapper Sidney Royel Selby III, whose song "Panda" is at #4 this week?

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Desiigner

"This Is What You Came For" is actually the second collaboration between Calvin Harris and Rihanna. What was the first, a 2011 hit off Rihanna's album Talk That Talk?

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We Found Love

The song "Cheap Thrills" was actually originally written for Rihanna, but she turned it down and songwriter Sia decided to record it for herself as the second single from what studio album?

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This is Acting

The Rihanna song (sensing a pattern here?) "Needed Me" had its music video directed by Harmony Korine, who is best known for writing and directing what 2012 film, which features James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine?

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Spring Breakers

The Kent Jones song "Don't Mind" samples the song "Practice What You Preach" by what soul artist, who is best known for the 1970s hits "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" ?

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Barry White

The alternative hip-hop duo twenty one pilots, whose song "Ride" is at number 9 this week, took their name from an Arthur Miller play in which a businessman knowingly ships faulty aircraft parts from his factory during World War II, causing the deaths of 21 pilots. What is this play, which won the now defunct Tony Award for Best Author?

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All My Sons

What song, appearing at number 10 this week, features rapper Ty Dolla $ign and is the lead single off the album 7/27?

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Work From Home

Mike Posner's "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" peaked at number 4 (although it is down to #11 this week), officially making it Posner's biggest hit. What was his previous biggest hit, peaking at number 6 in 2010, which was probably the inspiration for the lyric "cause my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot" ?

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Cooler Than Me

What P!nk song, only her second single since her 2013 studio album "The Truth About Love," was actually written for the soundtrack to the 2016 sequel "Alice Through the Looking Glass" ?

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Just Like Fire